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Image Not Available for Letter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenbeck
Letter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenbeck
Image Not Available for Letter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenbeck

Letter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenbeck

Author (German, 1866 - 1940)
Date13 December 1937
Object numberANMS0537[017]
NameLetter
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest
Terms
DescriptionLetter to Oskar Speck from John Hagenbeck handwritten in German on John Hagenbeck / Shipchandler & Stevedore's letterhead with writing on both sides. Dated 13 December 1937, the letter hopes Oskar has made it to Thursday Island, thanks him for a photograph send, mentions the EMDEM has been visiting, and he and the crew of the EMDEM wish him the best of luck. Note that the date of this letter is the 1930s - it is not the SMS EMDEN which was destroyed in battle with HMAS SYDNEY in World War I